Denbigh High School is an English-medium 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive school and is maintained by Denbighshire local authority. The number of learners has decreased from the 955 at the time of the last inspection to the current 726. However, over this time the number in the sixth form has increased slightly to the current 127. The school serves Denbigh, St Asaph and the surrounding rural areas. Around 21% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is higher than the national average of 17.4%. Just under 13% of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales. The school receives pupils from the full range of ability. There are more boys than girls. Very few pupils receive support to learn English as an additional language and very few pupils come from an ethnic minority background. About 2% of pupils have a statement of special educational needs compared with the national average of 2.6%. About 8% of the learners speak Welsh as a first language or to an equivalent standard. For sixth form provision, the school is part of the Dyffryn Clwyd Consortium together with other schools and two further education colleges. The headteacher took up his post in September 2011. The senior leadership of the headteacher and two assistant headteachers was expanded in January 2012 to include three temporary associate assistant headteachers. The individual school budget per pupil for Denbigh High School in 2011-2012 means that the budget is £4,301 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the secondary schools in Denbighshire is £4,659 and the minimum is £3,831. Denbigh High School is fourth out of the eight secondary schools in Denbighshire in terms of its school budget per pupil.

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